CNN Florida Poll: 49% for Romney, 48% for Obama; essential tie - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Im Crimson;38113527]The political colors in the polls are messing with my head; here in Euyrop red typically means 'left' and blue 'right'.[/QUOTE] It used to be that way on occasion, flip-flopping back and forth until 2000 when it solidified as Blue Democrats and Red Republicans.

[QUOTE=KingPariah;38113604]Discouraging. Florida's block of electoral votes has a habit of swinging elections. Stupid electoral college.[/QUOTE] Romney can have Florida. Even with it he'll still have to swing Wisconsin or Ohio (both of which Obama leads by a sound margin) in addition to several smaller states like Colorado, New Hampshire, Iowa, and Nevada. If Obama manages to swing Virginia (very possible) then nothing short of the direct intervention of Mormon Jesus can do anything for Romney.

Florida voters are fucking retarded. They vote by their teams and not by positions. The Florida republicans voted a man convicted of hundreds of millions of dollars of government fraud into the governors seat.

[QUOTE=KingPariah;38113833]That electoral map's amazing - it's like the USA's two entirely different countries in political opinion.[/QUOTE] Its mostly the retarded parts of america that are always republican, and northerners are democrat. Most of the people around me hate obama because taxes are apparently too high, gas prices are too high, and "dere no jerbs here so there is no jerb growth." its annoying and depressing.

[QUOTE=KorJax;38113243]Yeah its awful I can't do anything without running into political ads At least in the 2008 election there was a good balance between sane republican and sane democrat support. Now it's almost 80% batshit-insaneo republican support coming out of the wordwork, desperate to "stop obama at any cost" for absolutely no real reason at all.[/QUOTE] Come to my little corner of Missouri sometime and I'll show you an armada of lawnsigns surrounding me that read "Romney/Ryan 2012"- plus a bunch vouching for some asshole who's running as our district's representative on the grounds he [i]"will fight for faith, family and freedom"[/i]. At least the ads on TV here are somewhat more diverse politically. Oh- and I'll also show your our TWENTY ONE local churches.:v:

Its almost all Republicans down where I live, but in the North where I go to college, Florida is a pretty liberal state. Add in the confusion of all those rednecks in the middle voting red and all those Jews in Miami voting blue, and Florida is one of the most closely contested states in the Union. I wouldn't be surprised if the Republicans win as usual, but we can summon a victory either way come November. I'll probably be voting Obama, but the Libertarian candidate this year might be stable enough to vote for and not feel a waste has been committed.

[QUOTE=Jon-Ace;38113665]Romney can pickup Florida and still lose.[/QUOTE] Not only that, but Obama can still lose Colorado, Iowa, [i]and[/i] New Hampshire, and still be able to win with 271 electoral votes so long as he carries the rest of the states that he's "likely" to win plus Ohio (working off of the New York Times' version of the map). If all goes the way it is currently sailing, Ohio is going to be the decider in this year's election. Of course, if Romney can somehow mount all of his states, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, and Colorado, he could win without Ohio. If Obama wins Virginia, however, the only way he can still manage to win is if he gets Ohio. And all of this is assuming there isn't a swing in Florida's vote. However, if Romney does pull Ohio and Florida, Obama can still win in a few ways. If he can pull Virginia, he would only need to win Wisconsin with either Iowa, New Hampshire, or Colorado OR a combination of Colorado and Iowa plus his "likely" states. Otherwise, he could still pull a very close victory if he keeps all of his "likely" states, plus Wisconsin, Colorado, Iowa, and New Hampshire (all of this assuming he can carry Nevada and New Mexico). Of course, there are a load of other combinations I could get into and this is just the gist of it, but as you can see this is going to be a very tight race. It's still far too early to call which states he's likely to win and lose; we still got one more debate and a whole lot of time.

I suspect Obama will lose Colorado. We're a real swing state, but seem to be leaning right this year...

[QUOTE=Ridge;38120891]I suspect Obama will lose Colorado. We're a real swing state, but seem to be leaning right this year...[/QUOTE] Ohio, at least where I live (greater dayton region) seems to be pointing the same way. Lots of the rabid-conservative "Obama ruined this country" support and not much of the level headed conservative support or democratic support.

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;38105453]for gods sake america get your shit together[/QUOTE]We can't. Or won't.

[QUOTE=Jon-Ace;38113665]Romney can pickup Florida and still lose. Example: [img]http://i.imgur.com/rPK22.png[/img][/QUOTE] it's scary that Rommey is getting even that much

It doesn't matter which of them get into power, the civil service will keep lumbering on and make life difficult for radical reforms anyways.

[QUOTE=Sobotnik;38140587]It doesn't matter which of them get into power, the civil service will keep lumbering on and make life difficult for radical reforms anyways.[/QUOTE] "The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency."

[QUOTE=KorJax;38139742]Ohio, at least where I live (greater dayton region) seems to be pointing the same way. Lots of the rabid-conservative "Obama ruined this country" support and not much of the level headed conservative support or democratic support.[/QUOTE] the polling of Ohio doesn't really support this